Evoè Festival – A Culinary Celebration of Tradition and Innovation in Recco

 

Evoè Festival - the press conference

Legend has it that evoè was the cry with which the Bacchantes glorified Dionysus.
The Evoè Festival in Recco is coherently a celebration of Italian and Ligurian excellence products and recipes.
The 3rd edition of the festival will take place on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th March, with the participation of local catering schools (the protagonists of tomorrow) and renowned chefs.
In a mix of tradition and innovation, the cradle of Focaccia di Recco col formaggio IGP - the ville gastronomique of Liguria - offers plenty of opportunities for edutainment and growth.

During the Evoè Festival, I will take part in the Sunday event at 4.30 pm: Matteo Losio from the Bruxaboschi restaurant in Genoa and Federico Bisso from the Da o Vittorio restaurant in Recco will prepare Croxetti del Doge, a recipe created by Umberto Curti for the Rolli Experience project of the Comune di Genova. The Rolli Experience initiative celebrates the heritage and flavours of Liguria and Genoa in the noble residences of the Palazzi dei Rolli circuit.
The recipe is a hymn to the croxetti pasta discs and the craftsmen who still make the stamps, to the sarazzö (salted and seasoned ricotta cheese) from the Aveto Valley to the ‘misto Chiavari’ hazelnuts, to the Ligurian Riviera PDO extra virgin olive oil and, last but not least, to her majesty marjoram. As for the wine pairing, my favourite, given the aromatic presence of the marjoram, is a DOC Riviera Ligure Pigato, to be served at 11°C in tall-stemmed tulip glasses.

I am genuinely delighted that this recipe is making its debut in such worthy hands: in the hope that it may in time represent a viable ‘’mark‘’ of Liguria, I consider it as a homage to the territory, to the interplay of flavours and textures, and to a future that also knows its past roots.

See you in Recco, then! You can reach it by the panoramic Aurelia state road, highway, or train (the station is just a few minutes from the Evoè Festival venue).